With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)

Director:

Howard Morris

Writers:

Gwen Bagni (screenplay) &
Paul Dubov (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

7 August 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Tagline:

ANOTHER DELIGHTFUL TREAT FOR THE THOUSANDS WHO ENJOYED "YOURS, MINE and OURS"! (original print ad - almost all caps)

Plot:

Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teen-age daughter, get fixed up...

Plot Keywords:

Widow | Matchmaker | Marriage | Widower | Quarrel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Doris Day	...	Abby McClure
Brian Keith	...	Jake Iverson
Pat Carroll	...	Maxine Scott
Barbara Hershey	...	Stacey Iverson
George Carlin	...	Herbie Fleck
Alice Ghostley	...	Molly
John Findlater	...	Flip McClure
Elaine Devry	...	Cleo Ruskin
Herb Voland	...	Harry Scott (as Herbert Voland)
Jamie Farr	...	Jo Jo
William Christopher	...	Zip (Cloud)
Milton Frome	...	Bud Young
Allan Melvin	...	Desk Sergeant
Richard Steele	...	Jason McClure
Jimmy Bracken	...	Mitch McClure
Mickey Deems	...	Sam Bates
Jackie Joseph	...	Georgia Watson
Vic Tayback	...	Truck Driver (as Victor Tayback)
The Grassroots	...	Themselves
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Boles	...	Pete (uncredited)
John Copage	...	Lumberyard Employee (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt	...	Executive (uncredited)
Peter Leeds	...	Police Officer Joelson (uncredited)
Howard Morris	...	Hippie in Police Station (uncredited)
Ken Osmond	...	Duke (uncredited)
Maudie Prickett	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Pearl Shear	...	Laughing Lady (uncredited)

Directed by
Howard Morris

Writing credits
Gwen Bagni		(screenplay) &
Paul Dubov		(screenplay) and
Harvey Bullock		(screenplay) &
R.S. Allen		(screenplay)
Gwen Bagni		(story) &
Paul Dubov		(story)

Produced by
Martin Melcher	....	producer

Original Music by
Robert Mersey

Cinematography by
Ellsworth Fredericks		(director of photography) (as Ellsworth Fredricks)
Harry Stradling Jr.		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Adrienne Fazan

Art Direction by
Cary Odell

Set Decoration by
James L. Berkey

Costume Design by
Constance Edney
Ray Summers

Makeup Department
Armiene	....	hair stylist
Barbara Lampson	....	hair stylist
Harry Maret	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Bud Grace	....	unit manager
Gilbert Kurland	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Daves	....	second assistant director
Bud Grace	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Philip Mitchell	....	sound mixer (as Philip Mitchell Sr.)
James G. Stewart	....	dubbing mixer

Stunts
Carol Daniels	....	stunt double: Barbara Hershey
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts

Animation Department
Corny Cole	....	animation director (uncredited)
Bob Richardson	....	animator: title animation (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Glenn Connelly	....	costume designer: Miss Day

Music Department
Tommy Tedesco	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Arwin Productions
• Cinema Center Films

Distributors

• National General Pictures (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1972) (USA) (TV) (pan/scan)
• CBS/Fox (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Playhouse Home Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• DeLuxe Laboratories  color (as DeLuxe)
• DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (DFE)  titles (as DePatie-Freleng)
• Panavision  filmed in

Also Known As:

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:G

Company:

Arwin Productions

Trivia:

The Grassroots is the band that performed the song "Feelings" in a nightclub.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene in the nightclub, there's a mismatched cut of Doris. In a three-shot, she has her chin in her hand. When we cut immediately to a close-up, her hands are clasped together in front of her.

Quotes:

Jason McClure:[walking into bedroom] Mommy!
Abby McClure:[hugging Jason] What is it, sweety?
Jason McClure:I can't find the bathroom!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Fired Up: With Sex, You Get Eggroll (#2.20)" (????)

Soundtrack:

Feelings

Doris Day vs. Lucille Ball: I vote Doris!

This fun family film came out just a few months after Henry Fonda and Lucy's "Yours, Mine and Ours". As a youngster, I liked the latter movie much better because it was FULL of kids (18 to be exact). Nowadays, that picture gives me a headache and I avoid it at all costs. "Eggroll" creates the same step-family tension and only utilizes 4 children. What a bargain! Besides that, Doris Day wafts through this sitcom like a spring daisy. She was probably in her mid-40s here (and in her last movie to date), but she's fresh and lively and funny in this film. I loved it when she spies Brian Keith in a go-go club with a young "chick" (his daughter) and says to Pat Carroll: "Why shouldn't he date her? Why take a bus when you can fly?" There are big laughs and some thoughtful scenes and I enjoyed them--until the final 15 minutes when the picture goes to hell in a handbasket. Into this semi-realistic brew of changing houses and learning to love comes hippies, bikers, a chicken-truck driver, and Brian Keith in his boxer shorts. It's a ridiculous turn of events, and almost mitigates the sweet nature of the main characters. Nothing can derail Doris, though: she's so grounded in reality that you buy every emotion, every double-take, every line of dialogue. She's one of Hollywood's most underrated actresses. This piece of fluff proves it. It may be "With Six You Get Eggroll", but DD plays it like it's "Love Me Or Leave Me". **1/2 from ****